Overeducation at the start of the career: Stepping stone or trap?

Labour Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-140

  Baert, Stijn ^a   Cockx, Bart ^a   Verhaest, Dieter ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HUBrussel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Dynamic treatment; Overqualification; School to work transitions; Underemployment; Youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883456973     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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